Maybe it'd fare better? It's a different type of game than their recent offerings. Roguelikes, hex-based wargames, and Northstar are all niche games, but I have the feeling the niche might be a bit more inclusive for Northstar than The Pit and Ground Pounders! Then again, I have been wrong before.

Kaiju-a-gogo is about as niche and unique as they come... I doubt you could find another game quite like it... And it was the most successful at $23,000.... I would be impressed if northstar did better than $50,000. Now that's still about $950,000 short of where it's budget should be...

There are a lot of factors that go into a successful kickstarter project. Certainly there are too many variables at play to start speculating on an unannounced game

Unfortunately having a solid product is not enough for kickstarter. I think the days of just posting a project and getting it funded are over since the larger projects tied up so much money and good will.